Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School

Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School
CSMBTS
Established	1926
Type	Propaedeutic institute
President	Bishop B. Suneel Bhanu
Principal	Rev. B. Subhashini
Location	Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India 17°1′45″N 81°46′42″E / 17.02917°N 81.77833°E / 17.02917; 81.77833
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Data as of November 2008

Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School (CSMBTS) was started on 8 July 1926^[1] in Rajahmundry, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Background

Blenda Charlotte Swenson^[2] a graduate of Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas) was deputed by the Lutheran Mission Board to go out to India as a Zenana Sister. During her work in India at Rajahmundry, she envisioned the establishment of a Bible Training School for Christian women where they would be prepared as teachers of the Bible in Hindu homes^[3].

Administration

Principals
1926-1928 Christina Ericksson 1928-1951 Hildegarde Swanson (interrupted) 1930-1931 Hilda Kaercher 1937-1939 Jessie Cronk 1951-1955 Maida Meissner 1955-1959 Ethel Dentzer 1959-1985 B. V. Subbamma 1985- B. Subhashini

The present Principal of this School is Rev. B. Subhashini.

Academic offices
Preceded by Rev. Dr B. V. Subbamma	Principalship of CSMBTS Rev. B. Subhashini 1985-Incumbent	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

Notes

1. ^ B. V. Subbamma (Ed.), History of Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry, 1961.
2. ^ Oscar Nils Olson, The Augustana Lutheran Church in America, 1950
3. ^ B. V. Subbamma, op. cit.

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